medical clinics

(RAND Corporation) Use of retail medical clinics located in pharmacies and other retail settings increased 10-fold between 2007 and 2009, according to a new study.

The surge in popularity of retail clinics was not linked to the availability of a primary care clinic, suggesting that convenience is the primary driver of their growth in popularity.

(Rice University) A simple salad spinner will save lives this summer, if everything goes as planned by two Rice University undergraduates.

The spinner has been turned, so to speak, into a rudimentary centrifuge that medical clinics in developing countries can use to separate blood without electricity.

A nonprofit group's campaign to hold free medical clinics for the uninsured in three states is turning into a not-so-subtle jab at moderate Democrats to support their party's efforts to reform health care.